Dr Kamran Niaz is a public health physician with postgraduate training in public health, specialising in epidemiology. He is currently working as an epidemiologist in the Research Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Over the past 30 years, mainly working with UNODC and based in different countries, his main focus of work has been on epidemiology of substance use and HIV and AIDS among people who use drugs.
Over the years, he has led the design and implementation of population-based surveys, studies and assessments on drug use and health consequences in a number of low- and middle-income countries. Since 2010, he has been among the main contributors to the UNODC flagship publication, the World Drug Report, contributing to the development of global and regional estimates on drug-related indicators. For the World Drug Report, he also authored analyses on drug use and health, policy developments, and the outcomes of regulatory changes related to certain controlled substances.
